horrentadj.
/ˈhɒrənt/, /ˈhɒrn̩t/, U.S. /ˈhɔrənt/ Chiefly poetic.
1. Bristling; standing up as bristles; rough with bristling points or projections.
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the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adjective] > upright or erect > like bristles
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) > covered with projecting points
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bristly1864
the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [adjective]
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1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 513 Inclos'd With bright imblazonrie, and horrent Arms. View more context for this quotation
1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination ii. 699 Terror's icy hand Smites their distorted limbs and horrent hair.
1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Jan. 449 A life..horrent with asperities and chasms.
a1846 A. T. de Vere Mary Tudor (1847) i. v. v. 134 The snakes of the Eumenides Brandish their horrent tresses round my head!
1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 55 Excessively hirsute; calyx horrent; leaves jagged.
1878 H. S. Wilson Alpine Ascents i. 15 The horrent peak of the fatal Matterhorn.
2. Shuddering; feeling or expressing horror.
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the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adjective] > shuddering with fear
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quiveringa1547
shivering1577
shuddering1600
intrembled1628
trepid1650
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trepidatinga1774
horrescent1865
flittering1867
trepidatory1881
trepidant1891
tremorful1901
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Horrent,..abhorring.
1799 T. Campbell Pleasures of Hope & Other Poems ii. 173 There shall he pause with horrent brow, to rate What millions died—that Cæsar might be great.
1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay ii. xxvi Horrent they heard; and with her hands the Maid Prest her eyes close as if she strove to blot The hateful image which her mind portray'd.
1876 J. Ellis Caesar in Egypt 145 Then went a shout of flame, a horrent cry.
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